Guard for ironing or other machines.



N0. 663, 7l3\ Patented Dec. ll, I900.

D. S. ARKLAY. & E. W. COLLIER. GUARD FDR IRONING OR OTHER MACHINES.

(Application filed Sept. 1, (No Model.)

Invent-00's;

Wvt 1.65565,

UNITED STATES DAVID SENIOR ARKLAY AND PATE T FFICEO EDWIN WILLIAM COLLIER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

. GUARD FOR IRONING OR OTHER MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 663,713, dated December 11, 1 00- Applioation filed September 11, 1899. Serial No. 730,158. KNo model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, DAVID SENIOR ARK- LAY,reSi(ling at London,and EDWIN WILLIAM COLLIER, residing at Leyton, London, England, subjects of the Queen of England, have invented a certain new and useful Guard for Ironing or other Machines, (for which application for Letters Patent has been made in Great Britain, No. 9,748, dated May 9, 1899,) of which the following is a specification.

As usually constructed, ironing-machines, to which this invention is particularly applicable, comprise a steam heated cylinder, which revolves either under or over a steamheated iron whichis shaped to fit the cylinder and has imparted to it a reciprocating motion in a direction parallel to the axis of the cylinder. In feeding the material through the machine by hand carelessness on the part of the operator leads to one or both hands being caught between the revolving cylinder and the iron, and consequently crushed.

The object of this invention is to obviate this danger, and to this end we arrange a guard in front of the iron and running from end to end of it. This guard is made of suitable material, preferably metal, shaped to approximately fit the curve of the cylinder, and constitutes an extension of the iron. The guard is pivoted or supported in such a way that while normally being retained in position close to the face of the cylinder and over the front edge of the iron, yet in the event of the hand of the operator being caught by the cylinder on meeting with the guard the latter will yield and being lifted up or away from the cylinder will allow of the hand being removed before injury can be done to it.

The figure shown is a perspective View of the revolving cylinder and iron of an ironingmachine in which the-iron is situated beneath the cylinder, the machine being provided with a guard constructed in accordance with this invention.

Like letters indicate like parts.

The steam-heated cylinder A revolves close to the iron B, which is curved to correspond. Along the front edge B of the iron is arranged a guard formed of a sheet of metal, which extends the entire length of the iron and is shaped so that one part of it, C, forms a conl tinuation of the table D, while another p01 tion, C, is curved approximately to fit close to the surface of the cylinder Aand constitutes practically an extension of the face of theiron B. The guard is carried on the ends of arms C which are pivoted at C on brackets suitably mounted either on the iron or on other parts of the machine. Springs 0 are pro vided to assist in keeping the guard in its normal position. These springs may, how ever, be dispensed with, the guard being kept in place by so disposing the pivots that the weight of the guard itself will keep it up against the cylinder. In the event of the hand of the operator being caught between the cylinder A and the guard. the latter can be moved outward from the face of the cylinder, enabling the hand to be removed before it can snfier injury.

The guards illustrated operate in a manner similar to that described in connection with Fig. l, for in the event of the hand of the op erator being caught by the cylinder on meeting the guard the latter will be lifted away from the cylinder and permit the hand to be removed before being injured.

It will be understood that the guard may be applied to various kinds of ironing or other machines having one or more revolving cylinders where there is danger of the hands of the operator being caught.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an ironing-machine, the combination with the revolving cylinder, of the guard-plate shaped to fit approximately the curve of the cylinder, and having its edge turned back or away from the cylinder,the pivoted arms upon which the guard-plate is mounted, and the springs for holding the guard yieldingly in close proximity to said cylinder; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID SENIOR ARKLAY. EDWIN WILLIAM COLLIER.

Witnesses:

B. EDENI-IAT KILBURN, HARRY B. BRIDGE. 

